Cotton elevator and distributer



(No Model.)

A. AD. THOMAS.

COTTON ELBVATOB. AND DISTMBUTBR. No. 275.960. Patented Apr. 17,1883.

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WITNESSES l UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

ABNER D. THOMAS, OF MORRILLTON, ARKANSAS.

yCOTTON ELVAII'OR AND DISTRIIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,960, dated April 17, 1883.

Application lfiled August :24, 18852. (No model.)

To all 2cv/0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABNER D. THOMAS, of Morrillton, in the county of Conway and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and Inn proved Cotton Elevator and Distributer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of elevating, carrying, and distributing apparatus, whereby it is designed to take the seed-cotton from the wagons, elevate and discharge it into the bins, or deliver it directly to the gin, and take it from the bins, when rst delivered therein, to the gin by elevators and carriers worked by power, to effect a large economy of handlabor, as now practiced, the said elevators and carriers being also adapted,by a slight change of parts, for handling cotton-seed and lintcotton, and being constructed and arranged as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the tigures.

Figure lis a sectional elevation ot' a ginhouse with my improved elevating and carrying apparatus arranged as I propose to have it. Fig. 2 is a detail of the carrier in section, and Fig. 3 is a portion of the belt and pitchchains.

a represents the gin-house, containing bins b in the upper story for the storage of the seed-cotton when not to be ginned at once. It also contains the gin c, lint-room, and other apartments, as required.

For avoiding the laborious process of taking the seed-cotton from the wagon d by hand and handling it in the gin-house, I propose to employ an elevator, e, for raising the cotton up into the upper part of the gin-house, also a carriage, j', for taking it from the elevator to the bins b, or directly to the gin c, and an elevator, g, for taking it from the bins when first delivered into them, and returning it to the carrier j', for beingI delivered by it to the gin, the said elevators and carriers being worked by means of belts, pulleys, and suitable driving-gear operated by power, and thus largely lessening the hand-laboroi'the common method of handling the cotton in the gin-house.

The elevators and carrier may be constructed substantially like the common endless elevators and carriers in use; but I propose to make them of endless belts i, having transverse slats j at s uitable intervals apart, with projecting pins or teeth 7c, to carry the cotton along said belts working over rollers l, having studs m to work in the openings ofpitch-chains m', connected with the belts.

The motion of the carrierf'will be reversed as to that of the elevators c, so as to convey the cotton along the floor n, to be dropped through any passage, o, that may be opened, or into the chute h, leading to the gin c.

Elevator g will be arranged so as to shift readily from one bin to another, being geared with a roller, q, which, by its studs m, is operated by the carrier f, said roller being arranged to shift along with the elevator g.

I also propose to make the carrier f in three sectionsnumbers l, 2, and 3-the middle one to receive the cotton from the elevator c, and the lateral sections to be so that they can receive cotton from elevators g, and suppleme'ntary carriers to be arranged for fetching it from the bins. 'Ihe main carrier fmay be arranged without the belt fi, if desired, the slats resting upon the partitions t in the bottom of the carrier. The slats j of the carrier f may extend, if desired, beyond the edge of the belt and travel on ways or cleats t, as represented in Fig. 2, to prevent the pins from scratching the floor a.

The roller q is geared with the upper drum of the elevator g by bevel-gears, as shown at u and c. Carrierfis geared with the drivingshaft w by crossed belt w and the elevator e is driven from the carrier f by the crossed belt y. Elevator c will be suspended on pivots z to enable it to he swung up to the side of the house or out to the wagons.

Besides handling the seed-cotton by this apparatus, I also propose to employ it for handling the lint-cotton, andalso cotton-seed, for which, it will readily be seen, it is equally well adapted.

Having thus fully described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination ot' the seed-cotton elevator e, carrier f, and gir. c, substantially as described.

5. The endless belt i, chains m', rollers l,

l 2. The combination of the carrierf, bins b,

slats j, pins k, and cleats t, in combination,

elevator g, and gin c, substantially as described. substantially as described.

3. The improved carrier f, having three sec- 5 tions, numbers 1, 2, and 3, substantially as ABNER D. THOMAS.

described.

4. Au elevator and carrier for seed-cotton, Witnesses: consisting ot' an endless belt, i, pitch-chains L. SLEEPER,

m', rollers l, having studs m, slatsj, and pins l HENRY T. GORDON. [o 7.2, substantially as described. 

